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Meet Lulu

By Lulu - Jun 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm EDT

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I am a native San Franciscan born and raised in the Haight-Ashbury in the 1960’s. I attended Urban High School and received a full academic scholarship to Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY where I received a BA in Liberal Arts, graduating as Senior Class President. I have worked in various industries including advertising, public relations, human resources, and most recently education.

I’ve have considered myself politically active since I went to my first anti-war rally in Golden Gate Park’s pushed in my stroller by my White mother and Black father (who ultimately left when I was two leaving my mother to raise me own her own and for a brief time with the assistance of welfare - to think that I share that personal narrative with the future POTUS is indeed remarkable - many of us with a similar history almost brag about it now! Go figure).

The world of education has always been my true passion. Like most Americans, I work long hours, lived paycheck to check and have to choose carefully where and how to spend the limited time and money I have. For many months now every spare moment of my evenings and weekends and every extra penny have been devoted to the Barack Obama campaign. I have literally given blood, sweat and tears. I have depleted my paltry savings to support the Obama campaign. The efforts I have put forth have been a tremendous sacrifice to many aspects to my life. But I believe in Barack Obama so much. In many ways I could not afford to do all that I have done. But in truth: I couldn’t afford NOT to.

But why?

I long for a president who will inspire, uplift, excite and motivate me; with a fresh perceptive, intellectual curiosity, unwavering integrity, a sense of humor, kind heart, spiritual soul and peaceful nature; an orator & a leader; a humanitarian & a philosopher; a poet & a teacher; a sage man & healer; a person who has strength of character & the passions of his convictions; someone who makes me believe again - actually believe for the FIRST TIME in MY ADULT life - in the promise, dignity & spirit of America.

That candidate is Barack Obama.

I was mesmerized by his speech at the 2004 Convention, but the reason I started to earnestly pay attention to him was because of his early stance against the war. I knew then this was a man of principle, veracity & courage.

But the truth of the matter is that the war in Iraq didn’t really affect my life at all. I could protest it, rant and rave against it - when it was convenient for me to do so - and then I could walk away and watch Dancing with the Stars.

And I could do that because I didn’t know anyone serving our country in Iraq. Until now. I am very active on the Obama blogs and one day I received an email from a solider from Mississippi named Ty. He wrote in part:

Dear Lulu:

I’m sitting in Northern Iraq, in the 5th month of a 15 month tour that I am PROUDLY serving for the country that I love. I’m thinking about my 16 month old son, Joseph and my 4 month old daughter Rukia.

It brings joy to my heart when I think of the way in which all of your hard work will affect Joseph and Rukiya’s life.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting, reporting, phone banking, donating and caring & even traveling to Texas to fight the good fight. Barack Obama WILL be our next POTUS because of people like you.

Lulu, your enthusiasm, motivation and willingness to fight this battle to the end is why I fight here in Iraq. You bring tears of joy to my eyes. From the bottom of my heart and for the future of my children, I thank you.

~ Ty Perkins

And so NOW I DO know someone in Iraq. We exchange emails regularly and I think of him as family. I have given him my solemn word that I will keep fighting for him to come home safe and soon to his babies.

And the best way to do THAT is to ensure Barack Obama is our next POTUS. And the best way to do THAT is for me to embark on my new dream being involved in the NEW politics of our nation by working for officially for the GE. By doing so, I can keep my word to a soldier I’ve never met but whom I know we all hold in our prayers, thoughts and hearts.

Lulu, fist bumpin’ for Obama’s New America

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